Shakespearean Neuroplay Reinvigorating the Study of Dramatic Texts and Performance through Cognitive Science

by Cook, Amy

• ISBN13: 9780230105478
• ISBN10: 0230105475
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-09-15
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

Through a lucid explanation of contemporary science and a rich exploration of Shakespeare's work both now and then,Shakespearean Neuroplayprovides a methodology for applying cognitive science to the study of drama and performance. Applying cognitive linguistics to Shakespeare'sHamlet, Cook finds new ways to theorize audiences' receptions across history.

Author Biography

Amy Cook is Assistant Professor of Theatre and History at Indiana University, Bloomington.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xi
Who's There?	p. 1
Stand and Unfold Yourself	p. 3
Rivals of My Watch	p. 14
Minutes of This Night	p. 20
Linguistic Synaesthesia	p. 23
Half Cents	p. 27
Cunning of the Seen	p. 30
Her Speech Is Nothing	p. 36
Mirror Mirror; Mirror rorriM	p. 43
The Critical Mirror	p. 45
The Rear-View Mirror	p. 48
The Mirror Blend	p. 57
Meaning Superflux-A Cognitive Linguistic Reading of Hamlet	p. 65
Hand and Soul	p. 69
Enactures	p. 77
Hamlet's an Old Minnow	p. 84
Play's the Thing-A Cognitive Linguistic Performance Analysis	p. 91
Inexplicable Dumb Shows on an Unworthy Scaffold	p. 92
Casting-to out-Herod Herod	p. 105
Gesture and Performance-"tweaks me by th' nose"	p. 112
Past/Future, Microscope/Telescope, Performance/Science	p. 123
An Eye of You	p. 125
Surpassing Show	p. 138
The Inmost Part	p. 141
Conclusion: A Dying Voice	p. 149
A Rhapsody of Words	p. 150
An Eye of View	p. 154
Notes	p. 159
Index	p. 197
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